Shaving-brush.



J. G. MORGAN.

SHAVING BRUSH.

Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

JACK C. MORGAN, OF

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO ROBERT J'. CONWAY, 013LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SHAVING-BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 24, 1912.

Patented J an. 28,1913. Serial No. 722,103.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACK C. Monoax, a citizenof the United States, residing atFLos Angeles, in the county of Los.Angeles and State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Shaving-Brushes, of which the :t'ollowving is aspecification.

The invention relates to brushes and has for an object to provide ashaving brush 't'or retaining the brush body of .the shaving brush inspaced relation to the shelf or sill upon which the shaving brush isplaced.

The invention embodies, among other features, a shaving brush having aweighted end in which the weight can be adjusted relatively to the brushso that when theshaving brush is placed upon a. sill or shell the brushbody of the shaving brush will at. all times be spaced from the sill orshelt and will not come in contact therewith, the shaving brush beingadapted to lie in a plane perpendicular to the shelf or sill or at anacute angle thereto.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the:mcompanying drawings, C(H'lStlilltlIlg a part of this spec-itieation,in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts inall the views, and in which:

Figure 1 a perspective view of the shaving brush showing the same invertical position; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the brush,showing the same reposiug upon a shelf and in an Lnclincd position; Fig.3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 53*?) in Fig. 2; Fig.4 is a vertical sectional view of a modified form of brush showing thesame in vertical position; and Fig. 5 is a similar view showing themodified form at the brush in. an inclined position.

Referring more particularly to the views, I employ a shaving brush it)including a handle ll and a brush body 12, the brush body 12 preferablyconsisting of a series of bristles i the inner ends of which are seatedand secured within the handle ll in any suitable manner. The handle ll.terminates in a cylindrical reduced shank l lthreaded on the periplmrythereof and provided at the lower end with a knob 15'). A weight 16,preteralrly consisting of a collar 17 made of some heavy n'iaterial, has

threaded connection with the shank l4 and encircles the same, the saidweight 16, in view of the threaded connection with .the

when the shaving brush 1() is placed upon a shelf or sill the knob 15will support the shaving brush upon the shelf and the weight 16 willtend to hold the shaving brush so that the brush body thereof will be inspaced relation to the shell. Now it the weight is moved upwardly aslight distance on the shank, and the shaving brush is placed upon ashelf or sill, the shaving brush will tend to tilt in view of the factthat the weight 16 is spaced at distance from the lower end of theshank. The shaving brush 10, however, will be prevented from tilting toa position that will cause the brush body 12 to contact with the sheltor sill in view of the provision of the collar 17, cmistituting theweight 16, and which, when the shaving brush tilts, will engage theshelf or sill, thus tor-ming two points of contact to support theshaving brush in tilting position, as will be readily understood byreferring to Fig. 2. If desirable, a pin '1 I can be placed upon theshank .l-t to project, therefrom, thus preventing the weight '16 frombeing entirely. removed -from the shank 14, the said pin being mountedon the shank a slight distance from the lower end thereof, as shown.

l n l igs. 2t and l l'disclose a modified form of brush and in which Iemploy a shaving brush 1% including a handle 1.5) and a brush body 20,the shaving brush 18 being similar to the shaving brush 10 but havingthe handle '19 thereof spherical in shape and hollow. A weight ll isloosely mounted within the hollow portion of the handle J5) and thehandle in the lower portion thereof is provided with an elongated slot22, through which is passed a pin 23 having threaded connection with theweight 21, a head 24 ot the pin 23 constituting a means for adjustingthe weight 2t within the handle it), will be readily seen by referringto the views, it being understood that the head 24 is of a greaterdiameter than the width of the slot 22 so that when the pin 23 istightened up on the handle '19, the weight 21 will be held rigidlywithin the handle and when the in 23 is loosened relatively to thehandle 19,

